A not-so-simple non-Noetherian ring

"The ring of polynomials in infinitely-many variables, X1, X2, X3, etc. The sequence of ideals (X1), (X1,X2), (X1,X2, X3), etc. is ascending, and does not terminate."

The base ring is not mentioned, but I think the example holds for polynomials over any commutative ring (take the real numbers I suppose for concreteness).

The article also mentions that "non-Noetherian rings tend to be very 'large' ", whatever large means. I suppose that might mean, don't expect to find very many mundane, intuitively accessible examples of non-Noetherian rings.

Try : polynomials in 1/2, or if you prefer, rational numbers whose denominator is a power of 2. Consider the ascending chain of ideals .

Aren't all your ideals equal here? Since 1/2 is in the base ring, 1/4 is in your first ideal, and since 2 is in the base ring, 1/2 is in your second ideal, making them equal, and a similar logic can be applied to the others. In fact, since all of these ideals contain 1, they are all equal to the entire ring, right? Or am I confused about something?